AFAAS News

In an emotional leadership handover event at the AFAAS Secretariat, staff members recently honoured outgoing Executive Director Dr. Silim Nahdy as he formally passed responsibilities to his successor, newly appointed Executive Director Dr. Lilian Lihasi Kidula. During the in-house ceremony, AFAAS colleagues expressed gratitude to Dr. Silim through words of appreciation, shared experiences, and best […]

During the Africa-wide Agriculture Extension Week 2025, Malawi’s Agriculture Minister, Sam Kawale launched the Mlimi Mobile App developed by Farm Radio Trust (FRT) designed to provide farmers with various advisories and marketing services. Officiating at the event, Minister Kawale noted that the introduction of this app is a bold statement of Malawi’s commitment towards harnessing

During the 7th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week, different stakeholders from across the continent renewed a call to make agriculture attractive to women and the youths, who are considered as the next generation burden bearers of African food systems transformation.  Citing existing data, the average age of African farmers is commonly around 60 years old, though

During the 14th Annual general assembly of the African forum for agriculture advisory services AFAAS, at the sidelines of the Seventh Africa-wide agriculture extension week in Malawi, the AFAAS general assembly endorsed Dr. Lilian Lihasi as the organisations new Executive Director. According to Dr.Paul Fatch the AFAAS board chair, This Closes the long search for

The week is being commemorated under the theme ‘Rebranding Extension for Enhanced Public/Private Sector Driven Commercialisation, Industrialisation, and Inclusive Food Systems’. The week is being hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) and the Malawi Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (MaFAAS) and has attracted delegates

Professor Richard Mkandawire, a renowned champion of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and current Africa Director of the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), has called for continental alignment of agricultural extension and advisory services with the CAADP framework. Delivering a keynote address titled “Embedding African Agricultural Advisory Services and Extension into CAADP: A Call to Action” at the

At the Second East African Agroecology Conference in Nairobi, African experts reiterated the critical need to strengthen research and extension services to advance the continent’s agroecology agenda. During a side event hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) under its CAADP XP4 Implementers Consortium, speakers consistently emphasized the importance of bolstering these two

Experts at the 2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference (EAAC25) have called on African governments to focus on agroecology in order to build resilient, sustainable, and inclusive agri-food systems. speaking at aside event organized by the CAADP XP4 consortium through the support of the international fund for agriculture. a call for more robust policy systems towards